Current Issues in Asian Tourism

Introduction Part 1: The Asian Tourist 1. Volunteer tourism motivations of the Marine Conservation Cambodia project 2. Understanding the motivation of museums, galleries and cultural exhibition visits - evidence from Taiwan internet use types 3. Dissecting Chinese adolescents' overseas educational travel experiences: movements, representations and practices 4. The solo female Asian tourist 5. Social interactions among Asian backpackers: scale development and validation 6. Understanding the distinctiveness of Chinese Post-80s tourists through an exploration of their formative experiences 7. Foreign tourist arrivals in India from major source countries: an empirical analysis 8. Gap time and Chinese tourists: Exploring constraints 9. Negotiation, bargaining, and discounts: generating WoM and local tourism development at the Tabriz bazaar, Iran Part 2: Economic Development and Tourism in Asia 10. ASEAN beyond talk shop: a rejoinder to regional tourism 11. The economic impact of the lifting of sanctions on tourism in Iran: a computable general equilibrium analysis 12. Revisiting the tourism-growth nexus: evidence from a new index for the market diversification of tourist arrivals 13. Network dynamics of tourism development in South Korea 14. Maintaining competitiveness of aviation hub: Empirical evidence of visitors to China via Hong Kong by air transport 15. Creative tourism in Balinese rural communities